Nigeria: Siasia Quits, Says Nigerian Football System 'Disrespectful'

28 August 2016

Coach of the National U-23 team, Samson Siasia, says he is quitting the game in Nigeria because of what he describes as "a disrespectful system".

Siasia coached the Dream Team to a bronze medal at the just concluded Rio Olympic Games. He is the most decorated African football coach at the Olympics having also won a silver medal in Beijing in 2008, is said to have gone unpaid for five months by his employers - the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF).

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